
Can We, Should We, Hope for a Peaceful Life?
וַיֵּ֣שֶׁב יַעֲקֹ֔ב בְּאֶ֖רֶץ מְגוּרֵ֣י אָבִ֑יו בְּאֶ֖רֶץ כְּנָֽעַן׃ “And Yaakov settled in the land of his father’s sojourning, in the land of K’naan.” (37:1) Rashi (37:2,
וַיֵּ֣שֶׁב יַעֲקֹ֔ב בְּאֶ֖רֶץ מְגוּרֵ֣י אָבִ֑יו בְּאֶ֖רֶץ כְּנָֽעַן׃ “And Yaakov settled in the land of his father’s sojourning, in the land of K’naan.” (37:1) Rashi (37:2,